Glass-working machinery



July 23, l929- G. A. MILLAR 1,721,570

GLASS WORKING MACHINERY Filed Feb. 2e, i927 sheets-Sme*b 1 July 23, 1929. G. A. MILLAR GLASS WORKING MACHINERY Filed Feb. 26) 3.927 3 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR @dwf/www BY ATTOR N EY July 23, 1929. G. A. MILLAR 1,721,570

GLASS WORKING MACHINERY Filed Feb. 26, 1927 3 sheets-Shen 5 sa" i I! i Patented July `23, 1929. v l

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

GEORGE A. MILLAR, OF RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ACOOPER HEWITT ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF HOBOKENQ NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION F NEW JERSEY.

GLASS-WORKING MACHINERY.

Application led February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,291.

The present invention relates to machinery proper driving connect-ion therebetween and 55 for working hollow parts for shaping them to permit a longitudinal movement of one into desired forms. f ,y with respect `to the other. A longitudinal Various objects and advantages of the inrack 52 connected to said block 30 and a pinvention will be obvious from the following ion 54 mounted to said plate 10 and having a.

particular description of one form of aphand wheel.56serve for moving said block 60 paratus embodying the invention or from an 80 longitudinally on said shafts 16 and 18.

- inspection of the accompanying drawings; The said shaft 48 carries a driving pulley 6() and the invention also consists in certain new and clutch member, the details of which are and useful features of construction and comnot Shown, said pulley 60 being driven by the binations of parts hereinafter set forth and belt 64 which is connected to the driving 65 claimed. motor 66. Said pulley 60 is engaged and In the accompanying drawings there is disengaged from said shaft 48 by means shown for purposes of illustration one form of ythe foot treadle 68 which is connected Vto of apparatus embodying the invention, in ksaid 'clutch member not shown. Said gears which 40 and 46 carry respectively the chucks 70 70 Figs. 1 and 2 are front elevation views of and 72 which are axially aligned and extend a machine embodying the invention, showing toward each other. Said chucks 70 and 72 the Aparts in different relations during the are of the spring expansible type in which a operation thereof, set of jaws is acted upon by a spring to t nd Fig. 3 is aside elevation view7 thereof, to move them apart and a sleeve is slida le 75 Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing deover tapering surfaces on said jaws to draw tails of the machine, them together into the clamping position. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively plan and Each of said chucks 70 and 72 has a bell crank front elevation views of other details, and 74 and 7 6, respectively, which 4are pivotally Fig. 7 is a longitudinal view illustrating a mounted to said blocks 24 and 30 respectively s0 glass tube having annular constrictions and are connected to the sleeve of the respecformed therein b'y the machine herein illustive chuck for moving it into the clamp clostrated and described. ing position, slidable and pivoted connection In the drawingsthe bed plate 10 supports therebetween being made respectively at each end a pair of standards 12 and 14. through a slot 78 and 80 respectively, in said 35 Said standards 12 support between them the blocks 24 and 30. Said shaft 16 carries a shaft 16 which is movable rotationally therecrank lever 82 which connectsthrough the o in. ySaid standards 14, 14 support between chain 84 to said bell crank74 and at said block them the'fixed shaft 18'. Near one end of said 30 said shaft 1'6 carries the crank lever 86 plate`r 10 the posts 20, 20 and 22, support the which connects through the. chain 88 to said 90 block 24 having the longitudinal bosses 26 bell crank 76. Said footy pedal 68 is con-` and 28 through which said shafts 16 and 18 nected through rod 62 and lever 82 to said extend respectively. At the opposite end of shaft 16 and serves to actuate it to operate the |machine said shafts 16 and 18 carry the said chucks 70 and 72, -said lever .82 being block 30which has a pair of bosses 82 and fixed to said shaft 16 and-said lever 86 hav- 95 34 through which said shafts 16l and 18 re'- ing a sliding connection therewith through spectively extend and by means of which said a spline on said lever 86 and the longitudinal block 30 is slidable longitudinally on said keyway 92 formed in said shaft 16. Fig. 3 shafts 16 and 18. On a line extendingvershows an alternative arrangement whereby atically between said shafts 16 and 18 said separate pedal-69 operating throu h rod 65 10b block 24 carries a train of gears 36, 38 and and said lever 82 serves to actuate t 'e chucks 40. Inns'imilar arrano'ement said block 30 70 and 72. In this casepedal 68 actuates only supports a vertical tram of gears 42, 44 and the clutch (not shown) whereby pulley 60 1s 46. Said gears 36v and 42 are connected by a engaged with and disengaged from shaft 48. telescoping shaft comprising the shaft 48 Below said chucks 70 and 72 a carriage 94 105 connected to said gear86 and a hollow shaft rides on said shafts 16 and 18 through rollers Oconnected to said gear 42, said shafts 48 96 and 98, and guide rollers 100 and 102 50 and 50 being splined together to provide guide said carriage 94 against lateral move yle i@ avent-vo mentl on said shaft 16 and 18. Longitudinal movement of said carriage 9d along said shafts 16 and 18 is imparted by means ot the sprocket chain 128 which passes over a sprocket 130 which idles on the shalt or" said sprocket t at one end and over the sprocket 132 mounted on shaft 133 near said block 2li, a hand wheel 134; being provided for said sprocket 182 for the actuation of said chain 128 and thereby of said carriage 94: in either direction @ne on either side of said carriage 9d and directed inwardly toward `the line between said chucks 70 and 7 2 are mounted the sets of gas jets 186 and 1&0 connection thereto being .made through the enible hose 14st through a valve 1M from a suitable source ot not shown, a foot treadle 145 `being provided for the operation of said valve letti al semi-automatic stop or position indicating arrangement for saidcar- .Triage Sl/lf comprises a longitudinal. bar 1% mounted below said carriage 9/-1 and having therein a number or'. lf notches 148 facing upwtudlyU Said carriage 9a pivotally supports a dog .150 'which is held in engagement with said bar 141-0 and with the V notches thereof by means ot the oppositely acting holding springs 151 and 152'9 said dog 150 having inclined surfaces which upon engagement with the surfaces ot said lf notches 1&8 will cause.

the movement ot said dog 150 against tension ot one ot' said springs 151 or 152 to permit the'longitudinal movement of said carriage 24; longitudinally in either direction. Another position indicator comprises the bar 153; mounted to the plate 10 and extending longitudinally at the rear of said carriageel9 and an indicator d on said carriage 9e which coopcrateswth lines or moves over said bar 1.5i? to indicate the longitudinal pop sition et said carriage on said plate 10.

Seid chuck l2 has a stopper member (not shown) therein tor closing up the open end of a. glass tube or other hollow glassware held thereby and said chuclr has a stopper (not shown)- therein which has a central opening therein for supplying air pressure to a piece of hollow glassware held by said chuck 7 0,

' connection from a suitable source not shown being made through the tube 157 andthe passage 1.58 formed through said post 229 block 2t; and the mandrel or shaft of said s' gear e0 and chuck '70. A by-pass 159 condii V said hand'wheel 54 for stretching out a piece of glass through a given distance which has been softened to produce a constriction therein and for automatically measuring the distance of movement and for setting the measuring means ready to measure the next subsequent elongation are heremafter described.

@n said boss 82'is mounted the :forwardly extending bar 200 which is cut away at the left side and across the front to form an shaped depression thereat on which is pivoted at the rear of said. depression the L shaped block 202 :tor lateral movement thereon., A. vertical notch 204e in the front corner of said member 202 accommodates a pin 208 fixed in said member 200 which serves as a lateral stop in one direction to limit the lateral movement ot said member 202 onits pivotr The longitudinal raised portion of said bloclr 200 which extends alongside of said L shaped depression serves to limit the movement of said member 202 in the opposite direction, A. spring 208 lined to said block 200 by the screws 210 tends to hold said block 202 against said pin 206. The upper surface of said block 202 slants downwardly' from its outer longitudinal edge to provide a locking edge thereat for a cooperating arm 216 which is pivoted at one end to a support member 218 mounted at the end of the machine nearest said block 30, lrrom its pivotal connection with said support 218 said arm 210 extends over said block 202 and has formed lon the under surface thereof at its free end the longitudinal notch 220, the side thereof which 'is nearest the pivot end being under out., From said under cut surface there entends toward the pivot end of bar 216 a. series of notches 221, 221 which have twosides, the one nearest the pivot end of the bar being under cut similarly to the under cut side of notch 220 and the otherY side tapering in from the lower edge of the under cut surface of the adjacent notch up to the top oi the under cut surface of its notch. Pivoted on frame 10 by the bolt 22e at a point nearer one end than the other is the longitudinal lever 228. llt the short end said lever 226 carries the roller 228 which is positioned directly beneath said shaft 133 and in operative relation. with a cam 280 which is carried by said shaft- 188 and fixed thereto. Said cam 230 has raised portions for engaging said roller 228 which are at such angular distances apartthat said roller 228 will be depressed by the rotation of said hand wheel 1341 once for every time that said carriage 94: passes through a distance equal to the distance between adjacent ones of said notches 148. At the end opposite said roller 228 said lever 226 carries an upwardly extending arm 232 which when said roller end is depressed by said cam 230 is raised against said lever 216 to cause-it 'to move upwardlyabout its pivot and to disengage said notches 220 and 221 from said member202. If said block `80 has been moved toward the pivot end of arm 216 to bring said member 202 tightly against the engaging edge of one of the slots 220 or 221 'said member 202 will be moved against the longitudinal limiting portion of said part 200 and against the pressure of said spring 208, and then when said lever 216 is rotated upwardly to bring the engaging notch thereof from engagement with said stop 202 said spring 208 will move said bar 202 against said stop pin 206. Upon continuation of the rotation of hand wheel 134-. to bring' a lower portion of said cam 230-into engagement with said roller 228 said bar 232 will be depressed by the weight of that end of lever 226 and said lever 216 will move downwardly into engagement with said bar 202 at a pointon one of the notches thereof close to the under cut surface of the next'preceeding notch whereby movement of said block 30 and chuckj72 through said hand wheel 56 can be made which is measured and which is equal to the distance between corresponding parts of any two consecutive ones of said notches 220 and 221. This arrangement for predeterniining the distance of movement of said block 30 and chuck 72 is made to provide for the elongation of the glass tube 160 at a softened portion thereof for a given dista/nce to produce in the tube at this softened portion a constriction of predetermined length and diameter.

ln the use and operation of the machine herein described and illustrated for the producing of constrictions of a given length and at measured distances apart in a glass tube the operation is as follows. Said carriage 94 through said hand wheel 134 is brought to a position in which indicator 154 will register with the mark lA on said bar 153 and said block 30 through said hand wheel 56 is moved to bring saidV member 200 into said notch 220 and against the right hand vertical side thereof. A piece of glass tubing'160 is mounted on said chucks 70 and 7 2 and set in rotation thereby and the flames from said jets 136 and 140 are raised through the operation of said valve 144 by said pedal 145 to melt the glass of said tube 160 at this point. When the glass has been suiiciently softened air pressure in said tube 160 which is supplied through said tube 157 is'regulated at the by-pass 159 and said block 30 and chuck 72 are moved in a direction away fromsaid chuck 70 by means of said hand wheel l56 to elongate the glass tube at the molten part, the movement and the air pressure in the tube being properly timed and controlled to produce a constriction of desired diameter and of uniform shape. The length of the constriction being predetermined by the length of said notch 220, the fires 136 and 140 through the rotation of said hand wheel 134 are now moved to the position B as shown by indicator 154 on member 153, and by the rotation of said hand wheel 134 durin this measured distance said cam 230 is rotate from 'a position in which the lower surface thereof is in engagement with said roller 228 through a position in which a higher surfacev thereof passes through engagement with rollcnt surface of notch 220 from engagement with lsaid member 202 whereupon said spring 208 will move said member 202 against said stop 206 following which there is permitted by the action of said cam 230 the lowering of said-lever 216 into a position in which the first notch 221 next to notch 220 engages said member 202 at a point near the under cut surface of said notch 220. In this manner at the beginning of the melting of the glass at a second point the means for measuring the distance of movement of said chuck 72 and comprising said members 200 and 202 and .lever 216 are brought into operative relation for such measuring of the movement of chuck 70. B y the time the glass at the second point has been fused sufficiently to be worked the glass at the vlirst constriction has cooled and set sufficiently for the pulling apart of the ends of the glass tubeto elongate it and constrict it at the second fused place. This of course, is

vdone as above described by the rotation of hand wheel 55 to bring said member 202 against the under cut surface of said .first notch .221. The steps described are then repeated to produce constrictions in tube 160 in suoli number as the length thereof may permit.

in the operation of 'the machine said pedal 68 may, as in' Figs. 1 and 2 serve to simultaneously operate the clutch member on said driving pulle 60 and also the closing of said chucks 70 anr 7 2 whereby the lass tube immediately upon being clamped 1n saidchucks 70 and 72 is set into rotation.

While I have shown and described and have pointed out in the annexed claims certain novel features of the invention, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions andchanges in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its use and operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. Inglass working machinery, in combination, a pair of work holders axially ali ed and extendin toward each other one of t vem being movable toward and from the other,

means for synchronously rotating said work holders, a set of lass meltin fires projecting toward aline etween sai work holders, means for movin vsaid fires longitudinally between said wor holders, means for movin said movable holder away from the other sald holder, and meanso erableupon movement of said :tires away rom the saidother work holder for measuring and predetermining the distance through which said movable work holder can be moved by its said moving means.

2. In glass workin machinery, in combination, means for ho din a piece of hollow lassware at one part t ereof, means for lgiolding such a. piece at another part thereof, one of said means being movable relatiyely one toward and away from the other, means for synchronously rotating said holding means, heating means for glassware held by said holding means, and means for moving one of said holders away from the other of said holders, means for moving said fires, and means for automatically measuring the distance said movable holder is moved away from the other said holder.

3. In glass working machinery, in combination, means for holding a piece of hollow glassware at one part thereof, means for holding such a piece at another part thereof, one

lof'said means being movable relatively one toward and away from the other, means for synchronously rotating said holding means, heating means for glassware held by said holding means, and means for moving one of said holders away from the other ot said holders, means for moving said lires, and means for automatically measuring the distance said movable holder is moved away from the other said holder comprising a latch.

4. ln glass working machinery, in combination, means for holding a piece of hollow glassware at one part thereof, means for holding such la piece at another part thereof, one y ot said means being movable relatively one toward and away from the other, means for synchronously rotating said holding means, heatingmeans for glassware held by said maman holding means, and means tor moving one ot said holders away from the other o' said holders, means for moving said fires, and means for automatically measuring the distance said movable holder is moved away from the other said holder comprising'a latch and means operable by said fire moving means for tripping said latch.

5. In glass working-machinery, in combination, means for holding a. piece o hollow glassware at one part thereof, means for holding such a piece at anotherl part there-- of, one of said means' being movable relatively one toward and away from the other, means for synchronously rotating said holding means, heating means for glassware held by said holding means, and means for mov- -ing one of said holders away from the other of said holders,'means for moving said fires, and means for automatically measuring the distance said movable holder is moved away from the other said holder comprising a latch and means operable by said lire moving means for tripping said latch, said latch, having parts' which automatically set it for another measurement. y

Signed at Hoboken in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey this 211th day ot February, A. D. 1927.1

@Elli-:EGE A.. MELLAR. 

